The Old Firehouse, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain

1985

The old Boston city firehouse in the mid 1980's during renovation and today. The firehouse was built in 1872 and served the city of Boston until 1984 (see photo below) when a larger firehouse was built down the street. The building would later host the Jamaica Plain Arts Center and Breugger's Bagels. Today it is the home of JP Licks, which was founded in 1981 by Vince Petryk. The post office has since been replaced by a new two story building.